They really did have very, very good universities before WWII. And they're still quite good, but not in the way they were.
They offered a real "classical" eduction. Not job training. Everyone learned Greek, Latin, and often several other languages. They read and read and read. Even the ones who went into the sciences.
I knew one person years ago who experienced that kind of education, and I was envious. He was Hungarian (and Jewish); I no longer remember when he got out of the country. When I knew him, he'd taught in California for a long time. He was fabulously funny. Knew tons of 17th century German drinking songs. And much, much more. He was a great deal of fun, and he knew so MUCH.
Most of which isn't even being taught nowadays.
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